Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria & All Africa

23-24 November

By the Grace of God

Festal Vespers Hymns

Eve of the Nativity of Christ our Lord

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16.

VESPERS HYMNS ENTRY

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - 20 NOVEMBER

MENAION -

NATIVITY

Spileo

Parokisas, Hriste O Theos, Fatni

ipedexato.
Pimenes de ke Magi
prosekinisan. Tote di ton Profiton
eplirouto to kirigma. Ke Angelon e
Dinamis ethavmazon, voose ke
legouse. Doxa ti sigkatavasi Sou,
Mone Filanthrope.

PRAYER OF ST
SYMEON THE GODRECEIVER - TRISAGION PRAYERS - OUR
LORDS PRAYER
FESTAL APOLYTIKION NATIVITY

Gennisis Sou Hriste O Theos imon,

anetile to kosmo, to Fos to tis gnoseos.
En afti gar it is astris latrevontes, ipo
Asteros edidaskonto. Se Proskinin,
ton Ilion tis Dikeosinis, ke Se Ginoskin
ex Ipsous anatolin, Kyrie: Doxa Si!
(3)

DISMISSAL BLESSINGS

OF

CHRIST TONE 4

Thou dwelt in a Cave, O Christ our God,

and a Manger received Thee.
Shepherds and Magi worshipped
Thee.
And the Message of the
Prophets was fulfilled. The Angelic
Hosts were filled with Wonderment,
and shouted:
Glory to Thy
Condescension, O Only Lord Who
Loves humanity!

OF

CHRIST

OUR

LORD TONE 4

Thy

Nativity, O Christ our God, has

caused the Light of Knowledge to
Rise upon the world. For therein the
worshippers of the stars were by a
Star guided to worship Thee, O Sun
of Righteousness, and to know Thee
as Orient from on High: O Lord,
Glory to Thee! (3)

Christ our Lord &

Saviour is Born!
Let us Worship and Obey
Him in all things!!
2. V E S P E R S H Y M N S E N T R Y

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - 20 NOVEMBER

GREAT VESPERS ENTRY

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

E V E R B L E S S E D T H E O T O K O S - 2 0 N O V E M B E R 15.

Ipsistis Theo.

Ek

as Angels were singing:

the Highest to God!

gastros pro eosforou egennisa Se.

Omose
Kyrios
ke
ou
metamelithisete. Si Ierefs is ton
eona kata tin taxin Melhisedek.

Tou

Kyriou Iisou gennithentos, en

Vithleem tis Ioudeas, ex Anatolon
elthontes Magi, prosekinisan Theon
enanthropisanta, ke tous thisavrous
afton prothimos anixantes, dora
timia proseferon, dokimon hrison, os
Vasili ton eonon, ke livanon, os Theo
ton olon, os trimero de nekro,
smyrnan to Athanto Panta ta Ethni,
defte proskinisomen, to tehthenti Sose
tas psihas imon.

Doxa Patri, ke Io, ke Agio Pnevmati

Glory in

have Begotten Thee from the Womb

before the Morning Star. The Lord
swore and will not Repent. Thou
art a Priest forever according to
the Order of Melchizedek.

When

our Lord Jesus was Born in

Bethlehem of Judea, Magi went from
the East to worship God become
Man, and they eagerly opened their
Treasures, and offered Him Precious
Gifts of pure gold to the King of all
ages, incense to the God of all, and
Myrrh to the Immortal One Who
would die for Three Days. Come, O
All Nations, let us worship Him Who
was Born to Save our soul.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit

APOSTICHA FESTAL IDIOMELONS NATIVITY OF CHRIST TONE 4

Eufranthiti

Ke

Ierousalim, ke panigirisate
pantes, i Agapontes Sion. Simeron O
Hronios elithi desmos, tis katakikis
tou, Adam, O Paradisos imin
ineohthi, O ofis katirgithi. In gar
ipatise proin, nin etheasato, tou
Dimiourgou genomenin Mitera. O
Vathos ploutou, ke Sofias, ke gnoseos
Theou, i proxeisasa ton Thanaton
pasi sarki, tis amartias to organon,
Sotirias aparhi egeneto to kosmo
pani, dia tis Theotokou. Vrefos gar
tiktete ex afis, O pantelios Theos, ke
dia tou Tokou, Parthenian sfragizi,
siras
amartimaton,
lion
dia
sparganon. Ke dia Nipiotitos, tis Evas
therapevi, tas en lipes odinas.
Horeveto tinin pas ai Ktisis ke
skirtato.
Anakalese gar aftin,
paragegone Hristos, ke Sose tas
psihas imon.

Rejoice, O Jerusalem!

nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

Now and ever, and to the Ages of ages.

Amin

14.

And all who Love

Zion, celebrate! Today the age old
bond of the Condemnation of Adam
has been broken! Paradise is opened
to us! The Serpent is neutralised!
Having deceived a woman in
Paradise of old, he now beholds a
Woman become the Virgin Mother of
our Creator! What profound Riches
and Wisdom, and Knowledge of God!
Woman who became the first
instrument of sin, having brought
Death to all flesh, has now through
the Theotokos become the Beginning
of Salvation of the world! For the All
Perfect God is Born as an Infant from
Her, in Birth preserving Her
Virginity, and being wrapped in
swaddling clothes, He breaks the
chains of sin! And as Infant, He
Heals the travail of Eve. Wherefore,
let all Creation dance and leap with
Joy, for Christ came to recall, and to
Save our soul!

Amen

VESPERS HYMNS ENTRY

Festal Vespers Hymns Forefeast of Nativity

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - 20 NOVEMBER

PLEASE

USE THE VESPERS SERVICE BOOK UNTIL THIS POINT, THEN

CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING:

PRAYERS

OF THE

EVENING INCENSE - PSALM 140/141

Kyrie ekekraxa pros Se: isakouson mou! Lord, I cry out to Thee:
Isakouson
mou,
Kyrie!
Kyrie,
ekekraxa pros Se, isakouson mou!
Proshes ti foni tis deiseos mou, en to
kekragene me pros Se! Isakouson
mou Kyrie!

Katevthinthito

i prosevhi mou os
thimiama enopion Sou. Eparsis ton
hiron mou Thisia Esperini, isakouson
mou Kyrie.
FESTAL IDIOMELA - NATIVITY

OF

Let

my Prayer rise before Thee

like incense. At the lifting up of my
hands as the Evening Sacrifice, hear
me, O Lord!

CHRIST BY ST GERMANOS - TONE 2

1 : Ean
anomias paratirisis,
Kyrie, Kyrie, tis ipostisete? Oti para
Si O ilasmos estin.

STIH OS

Defte agalliasometha to Kyrio, to paron

mistirion ekdiigoumeni. To meotihon
tou fragmou dialelite, i flogini romfea
ta nota didosi, ke ta Herouvim
parahori tou xilou tis Zois. Kago tou
paradisou tis trifis metalamvano, ou
proexevlithin dia tis parakois. I gar
aparallaktos ikon tou Patros, O
haraktir tis aidiotitos aftou, morfin
doulou lamvani, ex apirogamou
Mitros proelthon, ou tropin ipominas.
O gar in diemine, Theos on alithinos.
Ke O ouk in proselaven, anthropos
genomenos dia filanthropian, afto
voisomen. O tehthis ek Parthenou
Theos, eleison imas.

2 : Eneken tou Onomatos Sou

ipemina Se Kyrie, ipeminen i psihi
mou is ton Logon Sou, ilpisen i psihi
mou epi ton Kyrion.

STIH OS

GREAT VESPERS ENTRY

hear me!
O Lord, when I cry out to
Thee, hear
me! Hear my
voice, when I cry out to Thee!
Hear me, O Lord!

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

1
If Thou, Lord, should mark
iniquities, Lord, who will stand? But
there is forgiveness with Thee.

V ER SE

Come,

let us Rejoice in the Lord,

proclaiming the present Mystery.
The middle wall of partition has
been destroyed; the Flaming Sword
turned back, the Cherubim withdrew
from the Tree of Life, and I partake
of the Delight of Paradise from
which I was cast out through
disobedience. For the express Image
of the Father, the Imprint of His
Eternity, takes the form of a servant,
and without undergoing change, He
came forth from a Mother who knew
not wedlock. For what He was, He
has remained - True God - and what
He was not, He has taken upon
Himself - becoming Man through
Love for mankind. Unto Him let us
cry aloud: O God Born of a Virgin:
have Mercy on us!
2 : For Thy Names sake I have
waited for Thee, O Lord. My soul
has waited upon Thy Word. My
soul has hoped in the Lord.

V ER SE

E V E R B L E S S E D T H E O T O K O S - 2 0 N O V E M B E R 3.

let us rejoice in the Lord,

proclaiming the present Mystery.
The middle wall of partition has
been destroyed; the Flaming Sword
turned back, the Cherubim withdrew
from the Tree of Life, and I partake
of the Delight of Paradise from
which I was cast out through
disobedience. For the express Image
of the Father, the Imprint of His
Eternity, takes the form of a servant,
and without undergoing change, He
comes forth from a Mother who
knew not wedlock. For what He was,
He has remained: True God; and
what He was not, He has taken upon
Himself, becoming Man through
Love for mankind. Unto Him let us
cry aloud: O God Born of a Virgin:
have Mercy on us!

mistirion ekdiigoumeni. To meotihon

tou fragmou dialelite, i flogini romfea
ta nota didosi, ke ta Herouvim
parahori tou xilou tis Zois. Kago tou
paradisou tis trifis metalamvano, ou
proexevlithin dia tis parakois. I gar
aparallaktos ikon tou Patros, O
haraktir tis aidiotitos aftou, morfin
doulou lamvani, ex apirogamou
Mitros proelthon, ou tropin ipominas.
O gar in diemine, Theos on alithinos.
Ke O ouk in proselaven, anthropos
genomenos dia filanthropian, afto
voisomen. O tehthis ek Parthenou
Theos, Eleison imas.

Apo

filakis proes mehri

niktos, apo filakis proias, elpisato
Israil epi ton Kyrion.

STIH OS

Tou

Kyriou Iisou Gennithentos, ek tis

Agias
Parthenou,
pefotiste
ta
simpanta; Pimenon gar agraflounton,
ke Magon proskinounton, Angelon
animnounton, Ierodis etaratteto. Oti
Theos en sarki efani, Sotir ton psihon
imon.

Oti

para to Kyrio to Eleos,

ke polli par afto Litrosis. Ke aftos
Litrosete ton Israil ek pason ton
anomion aftou.

STIH OS

Tou

Kyriou Iisou Gennithentos, ek tis

Agias
Parthenou,
pefotiste
ta
simpanta; Pimenon gar agraflounton,
ke Magon proskinounton, Angelon
animnounton, Ierodis etaratteto. Oti
Theos en sarki efani, Sotir ton psihon
imon.

Enite

ton Kyrion, panta ta

Ethni, epenesate Afton, pantes i Lai.

STIH OS

Vasilia Sou, Hriste O Theos, Vasilia

panton ton Eonon, ke i Despotia Sou
en pasis genea ke genea. O Sarkothis
ek Pnevmatos Agiou, ke ek tis
Aiparthenou Marias Enanthropisas,
Fos imin elampsas, Hriste O Theos, ti
Si Parousia. Fos ek Fotos, tou Patros
4. V E S P E R S H Y M N S E N T R Y

From

the morning watch

until night, from the morning
watch, let Israel hope in the Lord.

V ER SE

When

the Lord Jesus was Born of the

Holy Virgin, all the world was
Enlightened.
The
Shepherds
watched in the fields, the Magi
adored and the Angels praised in
song; but Herod was troubled, for
God has appeared in the Flesh: the
Saviour of our souls.

For

with the Lord there is

Mercy, and with Him plentiful
Redemption, and He will Redeem
Israel from all his iniquities

V ER SE

When

the Lord Jesus was Born of the

Holy Virgin, all the world was
Enlightened.
The
Shepherds
watched in the fields, the Magi
adored and the Angels praised in
song; but Herod was troubled, for
God has appeared in the Flesh: the
Saviour of our souls

V ER SE

Nations.
Peoples.

Praise

the Lord, all you

Praise Him all you

Thy

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

Kingdom, O Christ God, is a

Kingdom of all Ages; and Thy Rule
is from generation to generation.
Made Flesh of the Holy Spirit and
made Man of the Ever Virgin Mary,
Thou has Enlightened us by Thy
Coming. Light of Light, Brightness

EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - 20 NOVEMBER

Miracle that has come to pass, which

the Lord has made known to us.

to Rima touto to gegonos, O Kyrios

egnorisen imin.

Defte agalliasometha to Kyrio, to paron Come,

Ke

ilthon spefsantes, ke anevron tin te

Mariam ke ton Iosif ke to Vrefos
kimenon en ti fatni.

And

with haste they went, and found

Maria and Joseph, and the Infant
lying in a manger.

Idontes

Having

Maria

de diegnorisan peri tou rimatos

tou lalithentos aftis peri tou Pediou
toutou, ke pantes i akousantes
ethavmasan peri ton lalithenton ipo
ton Pimenon pros aftous.

de Mariam panta sinetiri ta Rimata

tafta simvalousa en ti kardia Aftis.

seen Him, they made widely

known what had been told to them
concerning this Child, and all those
who heard it marvelled at everything
the Shepherds told them.
kept all those Things
pondered them in Her heart.

and

Ke ipestrepsan i Pimenes, Doxazontes ke And the Shepherds returned, Glorifying

enountes ton Theon epi pasin is
ikousan ke idon kathos elelithi pros
aftous.

Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

and Praising God for all the Things

that they had heard and beheld - as
it had been told to them.
PEO PLE

EKETENE - THE AUGMENTED LITANY - THE

EVENING PRAYERS- LITANY OF FERVENT
SUPPLICATIONS
THE PRIEST

Ii to

CONTINUES

ALOUD

Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory

to Thee!

Kratos tis Vasilias Sou Evlogimenon

PRIEST

ke Dedoxasmenon tou Patros ke

tou Iou ke tou Agiou Pnevmatos, nin
ke ai ke is tous eonas ton eonon.

Amin

May the Might of Thy Kingdom be

Blessed and Glorified; of the

Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the
Ages of ages.
PEOPLE

APOSTICHA IDIOMELONS NATIVITY

OF

Mega

ke Paradoxon Thavma, teteleste

simeron! Parthenos tikti ke Mitra ou
fthirete, O Logos sarkoute, ke tou
Patros ou kehoriste, Angeli meta
Pimenon Doxazousi, ke imis Sin aftis
ekvoomen. Doxa en Ipistis Theo,
ke epi Gis Irini.

Amen

CHRIST - TONE 2

Great and Paradoxical Miracle has

taken place today! A Virgin has
given Birth, and Her Womb is
undamaged.
The Word become
Flesh, and He is not separated from
the Father! Angels and Shepherds
give Glory, and we join them,
shouting: Glory in the Highest to
God! And on Earth let there be
Peace!

Ipen O Kyrios to Kyrio mou: Kathou ek The

dexion Mou, eos an Tho tous
ehthrous Sou ipopodion ton Podon
Sou.

Simeron

tikti i Parthenos, ton Piitin tou

pnatos, Edem prosferi spileon, ke
astir minii Hriston, ton Ilion tis en
Skoti.
Meta
droron
Magi
prosekinisan, Pisti Fotizomeni, ke
Pimenes idon to Thavma, Angelon
animnounton, ke legonton. Doxa en

GREAT VESPERS ENTRY

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

Lord said to my Lord: Sit at My

Right Hand, until I make Thine
enemies the Footstool of Thy Feet.

Today

the Virgin gave Birth to the

Creator of the Universe.
Eden
offered a Cave, and a Star
announced Christ, the Sun, to those
in Darkness. Magi were Illumined by
Faith, and went to worship Him with
Gifts. Shepherds beheld the Wonder,

E V E R B L E S S E D T H E O T O K O S - 2 0 N O V E M B E R 13.

Egeneto

PR IEST

Afti

i
Apografi
proti
egenetoi
igemonevontos tis Syrias Kiriniou.

That

Ke

eporevonto pantes apografesthe ekastos is tin idian polin.

And all went to be registered - everyone

de en tes imeres ekines exilthe

dogma para Kesaros Avgoustou
apografesthe pasan tin ikoumenin.

Anevi

de ke Iosif apo tis Galileas ek

poleos Nazaret is tin Ioudean is polin
David, itis kalite Vithleem, dia to ine
afton ex
ikou ke patrias David,
apograpsasthe
sin
Mariam
ti
memnistefmeni afto gineki, ousi
Engio.

Egeneto

de en to ine aftous eki

eplisthisan e imere tou tekin aftin.

Census first took place while

Quirinius was governing Syria.
6
Oti ekrateothi to Eleos, ke
polli par afto litrosis.
Ke aftos
litrosete ton Israil ek pason ton
anomion aftou.

V ER SE

Ti

What

Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of

the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to
the City of David, which is called
Bethlehem, because he was of the
House and Lineage of David, to be
registered with Mary, his Betrothed
Wife, who was with Child.

While

they were there, the days were

completed for Her to be delivered.

She brought forth Her Firstborn

Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling
cloths, and laid Him in a manger
because there was no room for them
at the inn.

ke esparganosen Afton ke aneklinen

Afton en ti fatni, dioti ouk in aftis
topos en to katalimati.

Ke

Ke

Pimenes isan en ti hora ti afti

agravlountes ke filasontes filakas tis
niktos epi tin Pimnin afton.

And there were Shepherds in the same

idou! Angelos Kyriou epesti aftis, ke

Doxa Kyriou perielampsen aftous, ke
efovithisan fovon megan.

And behold! an Angel of the Lord stood

ipen aftis O Angelos: Mi fovisthe,

idou gar! Evangelizome imin Haran
Megalin, itis este panti to lao.

And

country - living out in the fields and

keeping watch at night over their
flocks.

Ke toutoimin to Simion: evrisete

Vrefos esparganomenon, kimenon
en fatne.

And this will be the Sign to you: you

will find an Infant wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger.

Stratias Ouraniou enounton ton

Theon ke legonton: Doxa en Ipsistis
Theo! Ke epi gis Irini, en anthropis
Evdokia!

Ke

egeneto os apilthon ap afton is ton

Ouranon i Angeli, ke i anthropi i
Pimenes
ipon:
Pros
alilous
dielthomen di eos Vithleem ke idomen

12.

VESPERS HYMNS ENTRY

Amin

a multitude of Heavenly Hosts,

praising God and saying: Glory to
God in the Highest! And on Earth,
Peace, towards men, Goodwill!

And

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

when the Angels had gone away

from
them into Heaven, the
Shepherds said to one another: Let
us now go to Bethlehem and see this
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - 20 NOVEMBER

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and to the Ages of Ages.

Amen
FESTAL IDIOMELA - NATIVITY

Avgoustou

monarhisantos epi tis Gis,

ipoliarhia ton anthropon epafsato.
Ke Sou inanthropisantos ek tis Agnis,
i polithia ton idolon katirgite. Ipo
Mian Vasilian egkosmion, e polis
gegeninte.
Ke is mian Despotian
Theotitos,
ta
Ethni
epistefsan.
Apegrafisan i lai, to dogmati tou
Kesaros.
Epegrafimen i Pisti,
Onomati
Theotitos,
Sou
tou
enanthropisantos Theou imon. Mega
Sou to Eleos, Doxa Si!

there is Born to you this day a

Saviour, Who is Christ the Lord, in
the City of David.

Ke exefnis egeneto sin to Angelo plithos And suddenly there was with the Angel

shall we offer Thee, O Christ,

Who for our sakes has appeared on
Earth as Man? Every creature made
by Thee offers Thee thanks: The
Angels offer Thee a Hymn; the
Heavens, a Star; the Magi, gifts; the
Shepherds, their wonder; the Earth,
its cave; the wilderness, the manger;
and we offer Thee a Virgin Mother.
O Pre-Eternal God: have Mercy on
us! (2)

ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

the Angel said to them: Do not

fear, for behold! I bring you Good
Tidings of Great Joy, which will be
to all people.

For

Si prosenegkomen Hriste, oti ofthis

epi gis os anthropos di imas? Ekaston
gar
ton
ipo
Sou
genomenon
ktismaton, tin efharistian Si prosagi.
I Angeli ton imnon ; i Ourani ton
Asterp I Magi ta dora; I Pimenes to
thavma; I gi to spileon; I erimos tin
fatnin; imis de Mitera Parthenon. O
Pro Eonon Theos: eleison imas!

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory

before them, and the Glory of the

Lord shone around them, and they
were greatly afraid.

Oti etehthi imin simeron Sotir, os esti

Hristos Kyrios, en Poli David.

6
For His Mercy has been
mighty towards us, and the Truth
of the Lord endures unto the Ages

STIH OS

to his own city.

Ke eteketon ton Ion Aftis ton Prototokon, And

Ke

of the Father, Thou has made the

whole Creation shine with Joy. All
that has breath praises Thee: the
Image of the Glory of the Father. O
God Who art and Who has ever been,
Who has shone forth from a Virgin:
have Mercy on us.)

to
Apafgasma,
pasan
Ktisin
efedrinas, Pasa pnoi eni Se, ton
haraktira tis Doxis tou Patros O on ke
proon, ke eklampsas ek Parthenou
Theos, Eleison imas.

And it came to pass in those

days that a Decree went out from
Caesar Augustus that all the world
should be registered.

THE

ENTRANCE
ILARON...

EVENING

HYMN

Sofia!

OF

When

Augustus reigned alone upon

Earth, the many Kingdoms of men
came to an end; and when Thou
became Man of the Pure Virgin, the
many
gods of idolatry
were
destroyed. The cities of the world
passed under one single Rule; and
the Nations came to believe in One
Sovereign Godhead.
The people
were enrolled by the Decree of
Caesar; and we, the Faithful, were
enrolled in the Name of the
Godhead, when Thou, our God,

GENESIS 1: 1 13
READER

P RIE ST

Proshomen!

En arhi epiisen O Theos ton Ouranon ke

tin Gin.

I de Gi in aoratos ke akataskefastos - ke
INTO TEMPLE OF THE

The Reading from T H E B O O K O F

GENESIS.

to anagnosma

GREAT VESPERS ENTRY

CHRIST - BY ST KASIAS

became Man. Great is Thy Mercy:

Glory to Thee!

FOS

THE PROPHECY

GENESEOS

OF

Wisdom!

Let us attend!

In the beginning God created

Heaven and Earth.

R EADER

And

the Earth was invisible and

unfinished - and darkness was over

E V E R B L E S S E D T H E O T O K O S - 2 0 N O V E M B E R 5.

Ke
Ke

Ke

Ke

skotos epano tis avissou, ke Pnevma

Theou epefereto epano tou idatos.

the deep, and the Spirit of God

hovered over the face of the water.

ipen O Theos: Genithito fos! ke

egeneto fos. Ke iden O Theos to fos,
oti kalon.

And God said: Let there be light! and

dihorisen O Theos ana meson tou

fotos, ke anameson to skotous. Ke
ekalesen O Theos to fos Imeran ke to
skotos ekalese Nikta. Ke egeneto
espera, ke egento proi - imera mia.

And

ipen O Theos: Genithito stereoma

en meso tou idatos, ke esto
diahorizon ana meson idatos ke
idatos!

And

egeneto outo. Ke epiisen O Theos to

steroma. Ke dihorisen O Theos ana
meson tou idatos tou epano tou
stereomatos. Ke ana meson tou
idatos, tou ipokato tou steromatos. Ke
ekalese O Theos to stereoma,
Ouranon,
ke iden O Theos, oti
Kalon. Ke egeneto espera, ke egeneto
proi - imera deftera.

And

Ke ipen O Theos:

Ke

Ke

Ke

Ke

there was light. And God beheld the

light, for it was good.
God divided the light from the
darkness. And God called the light
Day and the darkness He called
Night. And there was evening and
morning one day.
God said: Let there be a
firmament in the midst of the
water, and let it divide the water
from the water.

it was so. And God made the

firmament. And God divided the
water under the firmament from the
water above the firmament. And the
water under the firmament was
separated from the water above the
firmament.
And God called the
firmament Heaven and God saw
that it was Good. And there was
evening and morning the second
day.

Sinahthito to idor to
ipokato tou Ouranou is sinagogin
mian, ke ofthito i xira.

And

egeneto outo. Ke sinihthi to idor to

ipokato tou Ouranou is tas sinagogas
afton, ke ofthi i xira. Ke ekalesen O
Theos tin xiran, Gin. Ke ta sistimata
ton idaton ekalese, Thalassas. Ke
iden O Theos, oti kalon.

And

ipen O Theos:
Vlastisato i gi
Votanin hortou, spiron sperma kata
genos ke kath omiotita, ke xilon
karpimon pioun karpon, ou to
sperma aftou en afto, kata genos
epi tis gis.

And

egeneto outo. Ke exinegken i Gi

votnin hortou, spiron sperma kata
genos ke kath omiotita ke xilon
karpimon pioun karpon, ou to
sperma aftou en afto, kata genos epi
tis gis. Ke iden O Theos, oti kalon.

And it was so.

egeneto espera, ke egeneto proi,

imera triti.

And

6. V E S P E R S H Y M N S E N T R Y

God said: Let the water under

Heaven be gathered together into
one place, and let the dry land
appear.

it was so. And the water under

Heaven was gathered into its places,
and the dry land appeared. And God
called the dry land Earth, and the
gathering together of the waters He
called Seas. And God behld it, for
it was good.
God said: Let the Earth bring
forth the herb of grass, bearing
seed according its kind and
likeness. Let the fruit tree bear
fruit, whose seed is in itself
according to its kind on Earth.

And the Earth brought

forth the herb of grass, bearing seed
according to its kind and likeness,
and the fruit tree bore fruit, whose
seed is in itself according to its kind
on Earth. And God beheld it, for it
was good.

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

genomenos
ton
Angelon,
oso
diaforoteron
par
aftous
keklironomiken Onoma.

Tini

gar ipe pote ton Angelon: Iios

Mou is Si, Ego simeron Gegennika
Se?

Ke palin:

"Ego esome Afto is Patera, ke

Aftos este Mi is Iion?

down at the right Hand of the

Majesty on High, having become so
much better than the Angels, as He
has by Inheritance obtained a more
excellent Name than they.

For to which of the Angels did He ever

say: Thou art My Son;
have Begotten Thee.?

today I

And again:

I will be to Him a Father,

and He shall be to Me a Son.

Otan de palin isagagi ton Prototokon is But when He again brings the Firstborn
tin
ikoumenin,
legi:
Ke
Proskinisatosan Afto pantes Angeli
Theou!

into the world, He says: Let all the

Angels of God worship Him!

Ke pros men tou Angelous legi:

And

Pros

To

Igapisas

Thou hast Loved Righteousness and

hated lawlessness; therefore God,
Thy God, has Anointed Thee with
the Oil of Gladness more than Thy
Companions.

O pion
tou Angelous Aftou pnevmata, ke
tous Litourgous Aftou Piros Floga?

de ton Iion: O Thronos Sou, O

Theos, is ton eona tou eonos;
Ravdos evthititos, i Ravdos tis
Vasilias Sou.

Dikeosinin, ke emisisas
anomian; Dia touto ehrise Se, O
Theos,
O
Theos
Sou,
Eleon
Agaliaseos para tous metohous
Sou.

Ke:

Si kat arhas, Kyrie, tin gin

ethemeliosas, ke Erga ton Hiron
Sou isin i Ourani.

Afti

apolounte, Si de dimenis;
pantes os imation paleothisonte,
osi perivoleon elixis aftous,
allagisonte; Si de O aftos is, ke
Eti Sou ouk eklipsousin.

ke
ke
ke
ta

of the Angels He says: Who

makes His Angels spirits and His
Ministers a Flame of Fire?

the Son He says: Thy Throne, O

God, is forever and ever; a Sceptre
of Righteousness is the Sceptre of
Thy Kingdom.

And:

Thou, O Lord, in the beginning

laid the foundation of the earth,
and the Heavens are the Work of
Thy Hands.

They will perish but Thou remain; and

they will all grow old like a
garment; like a cloak Thou will fold
them up, and they will be changed,
but Thou art the same, and Thy
years will not fail.

Irini si to anagnonti...

PR IEST

Allelouia! *

CHO IR

Peace be to you, the Reader...

and to all the people.

[3]

THE HOLY GOSPEL ACCORDING

En

tou kata LOUKA Agiou Evangeliou to

anagnosma

Proshomen!
Doxa Si, Kyrie, Doxa Si!

TO

Alleluia! *

[3]

ST LUKE 2 : 1 20

The Lesson from the Holy

Gospel according to ST LUKE [21-20]

P RIEST

Let us attend!
Glory to Thee, O Lord, Glory

PEO PLE

to Thee!

evening and morning were the

third day.

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Ke
Ke

prosilthon pros tin Profitin,

gastri elave, ke estken iion.

ke en

ipe mi Kyrios: Kaleson to Onoma

aftou Taheos Skilefson, Oxeos
Pronomefson. Dioti prin i gnone to
Pedion kalin patera i mitera, lipsete
dinamin Damaskou, ke ta skila
Zamarias enanti Vasileos Assyrion.

Meth

imon O Theos.
ittasethe!

Gnote Ethni ke

Epakousate eos eshatou tis gis:

ishikotes
ittasthe - ean gar palin ishisite, ke
palin ittithisesthe!

And I

went to the Prophetess, and she

conceived and bore a son.

the Lord said to me: Call his

name Quickly Despoil, Swiftly
Plunder. For before the child shall
know how to call for his father and
mother, one shall take the power of
Damascus and the spoils of
Samaria in the presence of the King
of Assyria.

Hearken, all of you to the very ends of

the earth: be defeated although you
are strong, for even if you should be
strong again, you will be defeated
again!

Ke

Logon on eas lalisite, ou mi emmini

en imin, oti meth imon O Theos!

And whatever word you shall

FESTAL PROKEIMENON NATIVITY

OF

par emou, ke doso Si

ethni tin Klironomian Sou.
EPISTLE

OF

ST PAUL

Proshomen! Sofia!
Pros E V R E O U S E P I S T O L I S

The

Prokeimenon of the
TONE

HEBREWS 1 : 1 12

RE ADER

Let us attend! Wisdom!

The Reading from the Epistle

of S T P A U L T O T H E H E B R E W S
12]
PR IE ST

Adelphi:

RE ADER

VESPERS HYMNS ENTRY

4. Ofti egennithisan eki. Mitir

Zion, eri enthropos, ke anthropos,
egennithi
en
afti,
ke
Aftos
ethemeliosen aftin O Ipsistos.
5. Kyrios diigisete en grafi laon,
ke
Arhonton
touton
ton
gegennimenon en afti os
evfrenomenon panton i katikia en Si.

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

[1:1-

Let us attend!

Brethren: God Who, at various

times and in various ways spoke in
time past to the Fathers by the
Prophets, has in these last days
spoken to us by His Son, Whom He
has appointed Heir of all things;
through Whom also He made the
worlds; Who being the Brightness of
His Glory and the express Image of
His person, and upholding all Things
by the Word of His Power, when He
had by Himself purged our sins, sat
EVER BLESSED THEOTOKOS - 20 NOVEMBER

it offered Thee the Magi

worshipping Thee in Faith. With
them, have Mercy on us! (REPEATED
)
2. Glorious things are said of
Thee, O City of God. Remember
Rahab and Babylon, knowing Me.

V ER SE

3.
And Behold! strange
Nations, and Tyre and the people of
Ethiopia.

V ER SE

4.
Those were born there.
Mother Zion, it shall be said, this
man and that man is born in her,
and the Highest Himself has founded
her.

V ER SE

5. The Lord shall describe it in

His Writing of peoples and of Princes
of those who have been in her - the
Dwelling in Thee as it were of all
rejoicing.

STIH OS

V ER SE

Ke

And

Ask of Me, and I will give Thee

Nations as Thine Inheritance

Proshomen!

10.

3. Ke idou! Allofili, ke Tyros, ke

laos ton Ethiopon.

V ER SE

anagnosma

Polimeros ke politropos pale O

Theos, lalisas tis Patrasin en tis
Profites, ep eshatou imeron
touton
elalisen imin en Iio,
On ethike
Klironomon panton, di ou ke tous
eonas epiisen; Os on apavgasma tis
Doxis, ke haratir tis ipostaseos aftou,
feron te ta panta to rimati tis
Dinameos
Aftou,
di
eaftou
katharismon
piisamenos
ton
amartion imon, ekathisen en dexia tis
megalosinis en ipsilis, tosouto kritton

2. Dedoxasmena elalithi peri

Sou, is Polis tou Theou. Mnisthisome
Raav ke Vavilonos, tis ginoskofsi Me.

STIH OS

STIH OS

The Lord said to Me: Thou

art My Son; today I have Begotten
Thee.

TO THE

to

And

Magous Si prosinegken, en Piste

proskinountas Se. Meth on Eleison
imas! (REPEATED
)

CHRIST PSALM 2 -

PR IE ST

PAVLOU

Ke

R EADER

simeron gegennika Se.

1. Whose foundation is in the

Holy Mountains. The Lord Loves the
Gates of Zion more than all the
dwellings of Jacob.

V ER SE

STIH OS

FOURTH

Etise

1 I themelii Aftou en tis oresi tis

a giis. Agapa Kyrios tas pilas Zion,
iper panta ta skinomata Iakov.

speak, it
will not continue among you for the
Lord God is with us!

PRI EST

Thou was Born in a Cave,

but Heaven proclaimed Thee to all,
taking for its mouth a Star, O
Saviour,. And it offered Thee the
Magi worshipping Thee in Faith.
Wherefore, with them, have Mercy on
us!

STIH OS

whatever counsel you take, the

Lord will scatter it abroad.

TONE 4

Disguised,

FESTAL STIHI PSALM 86 THE NATIVITY

Know this, O Gentiles,

and be defeated!

And

STIH OS:

etegthis ipo to Spylion, all

Ouranos Se pasin ekirizen, osper
stoma, ton Astera provallomenos
Sotir. Ke Magous Si prosinegken, en
Piste proskinountas Se.
Meth on
Eleison imas!

God is with us:

in an voulin voulefsisthe, diaskedasi

Kyrios.

Kyrios ipe pros Me: Ios Mou i Si, Ego

Lathon

And

Ke

Esperas Prokeimenon...

FESTAL APOSTIHA THE NATIVITY - TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Magous Si prosinegken, en Piste

proskinountas Se. Meth on Eleison
imas!

it offered Thee the

worshipping Thee in Faith.
them, have Mercy on us!

Doxa

Glory

Amin
Lathon

Amen
Disguised,

Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati.

Ke nin ke Ai ke is tous eonas ton
eonon.

etegthis ipo to Spilion, all

Ouranos Se pasin ekirizen, osper
stoma, ton Astera provallomenos
Sotir.
THE PROPHECY

PROPHITIAS
Sofia!

I S E O U to anagnosma

Proshomen!

GREAT VESPERS ENTRY

to the Father, and to the Son,

and to the Holy Spirit, now and
ever, and unto Ages of Ages.

Thou wast Born in a Cave;

but Heaven proclaimed Thee to all,
taking for its mouth a Star, O
Saviour.

OF

ISAIAH 9: 6 7

The Reading from

PROPHECY OF ISAIAH

READER

P RIE ST

INTO TEMPLE OF THE

Magi
With

Wisdom!

THE

Let us attend!

E V E R B L E S S E D T H E O T O K O S - 2 0 N O V E M B E R 7.

Pedion egennithi imin -

Iios, ke edothi
imin, ou i arhi egennithi epi tou imou
aftou,
Megalis
Voulis
Angelos,
Thavmastos
Simvoulos,
Theos
Ishiros, Exousiastis, Arhon Irinis,
Patir tou Mellontos Eonos, Axo gar
Irinin epi tous arhontas, Irinin ke
Igian Afto.

Megali i Arhi Aftou, ke tis Irinis Aftou

ouk estin orion David, ke epi tin
katarthose aftin,
aftis en Krimati ke
nin ke is ton eona.

A Child is Born to us

a Son - and is
granted to us, and Sovereignity shall
be upon His Shoulders; and His
Name shall be called Angel of Great
Counsel,
Wonderful
Counsellor,
Mighty God, Everlasting Father and
Prince of Peace, for He shall bring
Peace upon the Rulers His Peace
and Health.

The

Zeal of the Lord of Sabbaoth will

perform this.
THE

Dikeosinis. Ke Astir Se ipedixen, en

Spileo horoumenon ton ahoriton.
Magous odigisas is proskinisin Sou.
Meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota:
Doxa Si.

odigisas is Proskinisin Sou,

meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota.
Doxa Si! ( R E P E A T E D )
1:
O Kyrios evasilefsen,
evprepian enedisato, enedisato Kyrios
Dinamin, ke perizosato.

STIH OS

2:
Ke gar estereose tin
ikoumenin, it is ou salefthisete.
Etimos O Thronos Sou apo tote.

STIH OS

3: Epiran i potami Kyrie, epiran i

potami fonas afton. Arousin i potami
epitripsis afton, apo fonon idaton
pollon.

STIH OS

4: Thavmasti i meteorismi tis

thalassis. Thavmastos en Ipsilis O
Kyrios. Ta Martiria Sou epistothisan
sfodra.

STIH OS

5: To Iko Sou prepi Agiasma,

Kyrie, is makrotita imeron.

STIH OS

ke nin ke ai ke is tous eonas ton

eonon.

O Christ, Supersensual Sun of

Righteousness. And a Star pointed
to Thee, O Uncontainable One, Who
was contained in a Cave, which led
the Magi to worship Thee; and with
them we Magnify Thee, O Giver of
Life! Glory to Thee!

Dikeosinis. Ke Astir Se ipedixen, en

Spileo horoumenon ton ahoriton.
Magous odigisas is proskinisin Sou.
Meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota:
Doxa Si.

PROPHECY

PROPHITIAS
Sofia!

and to the Holy Spirit, now and

forever, and to the Ages of ages.

OF

ISAIAH

THE

O Christ, Supersensual Sun of

Righteousness. And a Star pointed
to Thee, O Uncontainable One, Who
was contained in a Cave, which led
the Magi to worship Thee; and with
them we Magnify Thee, O Giver of
Life! Glory to Thee!
PROPHET 7:10 16; 8 :1-4; 9-10

The Reading from

PROPHECY OF ISAIAH

I S A I O U to anagnosma

READER

Proshomen!

P RIE ST

Wisdom!

Prosetheto

The

Ke ipen Ahaz:

And Achaz

Ke epen (Isais).

And Isaiah said:

Kyrios lalise to Ahaz, legon:

Etise seafto Simion para Kyriou tou
Theou Sou is Vathos is is Ipsos.
Ou mi etiso, oud ou mi
piraso Kyrion.
Akousate di Ikos David.
Mi mikron imin agona parehin
anthropis? Ke pos Kyrio parehete
agona?

The

Hear now, O House of

David, is it a small thing for you to
weary men yet willyou weary the
Lord also?

1: The Lord reigns; He clothed

Himself with Majesty.
The Lord
clothed and girded Himself with
Power.

Voutiron

V ER SE

Butter and honey He shall eat before He

Ke

ipe Kyrios pros me: . Lave seafto

tomon kenon megan, ke irapson is
afton irafidi anthropou, Tou oxeos
pronomin piise skilon. Paresti gar.

And

Ke

martiras mi piison Pistous

anthropous: ton Ourian ton Ierea,
ke Zaharian, iion Varahiou.

And make witnesses for Me of

Faithful men: Uriah the Priest and
Zechariah, the son of Berechiah. 1

And He established the world,

which shall not be moved.
Thy
Throne is prepared from of old.

3: The rivers lift up, O Lord; the

rivers lift up their voices. The rivers
lift up their voices of many waters.
4: Marvellous are the billows of
the sea; wondrous is the Lord on
High.
Thy
Testimonies
are
profoundly believed.

the Lord Himself shall give

you a Sign: Behold! a Virgin shall
conceive and bear a Son, and you
shall call His Name Emmanuel.

ke meli fagete, prin i gnose

afton, i proelesthe ponira, eklexete to
agathon. Dioti prin i gnone to Pedion
agatho i kakon, apithi poniria, tou
eklexasthe to agathon.

V E R S E 2:

V ER SE

Let us attend!

said: I will not ask neither

will I tempt the Lord.

Dia touto dosi Kyrios aftos imin Simeion: Therefore

Idou i Parthenos en gastri exi, ke
texete Iion, ke kalesi to Onoma
aftou Emmanouil.

THE

Lord said to Achaz:

Ask for
thyself a Sign of the Lord thy God,
in the depth or in the Height Above.

Magi were led to Thy Worship.

With them, we Magnify Thee, O
Glory to
Thou Giver of Life.
Thee! ( R E P E A T E D )

V ER SE

Holiness is proper to Thy

House, O Lord, unto length of days.

knows to prefer evil or choose the

good. For before the Child knows
good or evil, He refuses the evil to
choose the good...
the Lord said to me: Take for
thyself a large new book, and write
in it with a mans pen concerning
making a swift plunder of spoils;
for it is near at hand.

V E R S E 5:

8. V E S P E R S H Y M N S E N T R Y

Magi were led to Thy Worship.

With them, we Magnify Thee, O
Thou Giver of Life. Glory to Thee!

Amin
Amen
Anetilas Hriste ek Parthenou noite Ilie tis Thou hast shone forth from the Virgin,

NATIVITY

Anetilas Hriste ek Parthenou noite Ilie tis Thou hast shone forth from the Virgin,

The

Doxa Patri ke Io ke Agio Pnevmati, Glory to the Father, and to the Son,

shall be His Reign, and of His

Peace there shall be no end - upon
the Throne of David, and over His
Kingdom to order it, and to
establish it with Judgement and
Righteousness, from now and unto
Ages of ages.

FESTAL STIHOI - PSALM 92 & TROPARION TONE (6) PLAGAL 2

Magous

odigisas is Proskinisin Sou,

meth on Se Megalinomen, Zoodota.
Doxa Si!

Great

epi ton Thronon

Vasilian Aftou ke antilavesthei
Dikeosini, apo tou

O Zilos Kyriou Savvaoth piise tafta.

Magous

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